Coal-hod.



1. KARSSEIL COAL HOD.

APPLICATION mm ma. 9. 19|?h Patented July 24, 1917.

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wim/5853 /Jf W 7 7/ M JOI-IN KARSSEN, 0F HOLLAND, MICHIGAN.

'COAL-HOD.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1917.

Application filed March 9, 1917. Serial No. 153,641.`

To all whom t may concern:

Be it lmown that I, JOHN KARssEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Holland, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Coal-Hods, of. which the following is a speciiication.

My invention is an improvement in coal hods, and has for its object to provide a hod of the character specified, that may be lled with coal and set upon the top of the stove, and is so constructed that the coal may be shoveled out at the bottom of the hod on a level with the top of the stove.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved hod.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a body portion of hopper shape, comprising end walls 1, .a rear wall 2, and a front wall 3, the said walls 2 and 3 being spaced apart at their bottoms to form an outlet, and the wall 3 is continued below the wall 2, as indicated at 4, for a purpose Vto be presently set forth.

The hod is provided with the usual bail 5 for convenience in handling the same. The hod has an extension consisting of a bottom 6 and side Walls 7 which are continuous with the walls 1, and a rear wall S, which is continuous with the wallQ. The

v bottom extends forwardly and rearwardly of the hoppershaped body, a greater distance forwardly, however, than rearwardly,

and the extension 4 of the wall 3 is spaced above the bottom 6, as shown, to provide an outlet for the coal into the open container formed by the bottom and the side walls 7.

A front wall 9 is provided for the extension, the said wall being high enough to prevent the falling out of the coal in the extension, but not so high as to interfere with the insertion of a shovel into the extension and into the space behind the exnoticed that the lower end of the extensiony 4 is curved rearwardly, as indicated at 10, to deflect the coal into a species of hood formed by the walls 7 and 8 at the rear of the hopper. The hopper in its entirety comprises the body and the extension which is a shovel way for permitting the insertion of a shovel into the bottom of the hopper. In use, the hod is filled with coal, and seated on the top of the stove, the improved hopper being especially designed for use with kitchen stoves and ranges, and with the open portion of the extension at the front. A shovel may be now inserted into the extension, and the coal shoveled out into the open stove.

The extension forms a species of tray 0r shovel board, upon which the coal may drop from the body of the hod, and from whichv it may be easily removed by the shovel.

I claim: i Y

A coal hod comprising a hopper shaped body consisting of substantially parallel end walls, and front and rear walls converging toward the bottom of the body and spaced apart to form an opening at the bottom, an extension consisting of side walls continuous with the side walls of the body, and a rear wall, the lsaid sidewalls of the extension extending rearwardly beyondthe rearmost portion of the rear wall and forwardly well beyond the foremost lportion of the forward wall, the said extension being open at the front and having an upstanding flange between the side walls at purpose specified. Y

JOI-IN KARSSEN. Witnesses:

LUKE LUGnRs, JACOB SLEIMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained. for lfive centsieach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenti, Washington, D. C. 

